OKLAHOMA CITY – For the second time this season, Louisiana Christian University football running back Datlan Cunningham was named the Sooner Athletic Conference's (SAC) Offensive Player of the Week, the conference office announced on Monday.
 
Cunningham, a redshirt junior from Alexandria, La., ran for 146 yards on 17 carries with three scores in #11 Louisiana Christian's 62-13 win at Arkansas Baptist in Little Rock on Saturday which clinched the Wildcats at least a share of the 2026 SAC Championship.
 
In the win, Cunningham's longest run went 40 yards while his three scoring rushes covered 12, 26, and eight yards, respectively, helping the Wildcats get out to a 41-13 lead before his day to a close with LCU in a commanding position.
 
The award is Cunningham's second of the season, joining the honor he received following LCU's 42-37 win over NCAA Division I Northwestern State to start the season. It's his third SAC Offensive Player of the Week award of his LCU career,
 
Cunningham and rest of the #11 Wildcats (9-1, 7-0 SAC) look to make the conference championship theirs alone and secure the SAC's automatic bid to the NAIA Football Championship Series on Saturday as Ottawa comes to Pineville to wrap up the 2026 regular season. Kickoff of Saturday's Senior Day contest against the Spirit (7-2, 6-1 SAC) is set for 2 p.m. at Wildcat Field and will be live streamed on YouTube through the 446Sports channel.